Highly valued for its edible muscular foot and mother-of-pearl shell, the pinto abalone has declined significantly in recent decades and faces extinction unless it'ss protected — and soon — under the ...

Three species of abalone found in waters around Japan are now on the Red List of threatened plants and animals issued by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ...

DESCRIPTION: The ocean-dwelling black abalone has a single shell that is smoother than that of other abalone species. Its exterior is dark blue, dark green, or almost black in color, while the inside ...

There's a big difference between fresh abalone and the dried stuff. While the latter is very expensive to buy and time-consuming to prepare, fresh abalone is reasonably priced (although not ...

State legislation now decrees that California's official crustacean is the Dungeness crab, the state slug is the banana slug and the official seashell is the black abalone. “California has some ...